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14 October 2025
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In the interest of the safety of the staff and students at the University of the Free State (UFS), the Executive Management assessed the current situation on the three campuses and made the following resolutions:
1. The Qwaqwa Campus is closed with immediate effect, and students are requested to leave the campus within the next 24 hours.
2. The Executive Management Committee extends an invitation to the Student Representative Councils (SRCs) of all three campuses to further engagement.
3. On the Bloemfontein and South Campuses, all lectures are suspended until further notice; however, only limited movement will be allowed on campus from 19:00 in the evening until 07:00 in the morning.
Historians invade Europe
2009-10-05
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In accordance with the University of the Free State’s policy of internationalisation, members of the Department of History have in the recent past been active on the international front. Dr Marietjie Oelofse and Mr Chitja Twala attended the Fourth International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences at the University of Athens, Greece, while Prof. André Wessels, Departmental Chairperson, attended the 35th Congress of the International Commission of Military History, which was held in the city of Porto in the north of Portugal. All these historians presented papers at these events. Pictured from the left are: Prof. Wessels, Dr Oelofse and Mr Twala.
Photo: Mangaliso Radebe |